Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	appear_v	body_n	life_n	3,755	5	4.6231	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B20729	A letter of Mr. John Cottons, teacher of the Church in Boston in New-England, to Mr. Williams, a preacher there wherein is shewed that those ought to be received into the Church who are Godly, though they doe not see nor expressely bewaile all the pollutions in church-fellowship, ministery, worship, government.	Cotton, John, 1584-1652.; Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683.	1643 (1643)	Wing C6441	9,474	16

a_o letter_n of_o mr._n john_n cotton_v teacher_n of_o the_o church_n in_o boston_n in_o new-england_a to_o mr._n williams_z a_o preacher_n there_o wherein_o be_v show_v that_o those_o aught_o to_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o church_n who_o be_v godly_a though_o they_o do_v not_o see_v nor_o express_o bewail_v all_o the_o pollution_n in_o church-fellowship_n ministry_n worship_n government_n imprimatur_fw-la john_n bachiler_n print_a at_o london_n for_o benjamin_n allen._n 1643._o a_o letter_n of_o mr._n john_n cotton_v teacher_n of_o the_o church_n in_o boston_n in_o new_a england_n belove_a in_o christ_n though_o i_o have_v little_a hope_n when_o i_o consider_v the_o uncircumcision_n of_o my_o own_o lip_n exod._n 6.12_o that_o you_o will_v hearken_v to_o my_o voice_n who_o have_v not_o hearken_v to_o the_o body_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o christ_n with_o you_o and_o the_o testimony_n and_o judgement_n of_o so_o many_o elder_n and_o brethren_n of_o other_o church_n yet_o i_o trust_v my_o labour_n will_v be_v accept_v of_o the_o lord_n and_o who_o can_v tell_v but_o that_o he_o may_v bless_v it_o to_o you_o also_o if_o by_o his_o help_n i_o endeavour_n to_o show_v you_o the_o sandinesse_n of_o those_o ground_n out_o of_o which_o you_o have_v banish_v you_o from_o the_o fellowship_n of_o all_o the_o church_n in_o these_o country_n let_v not_o any_o prejudice_n against_o my_o person_n i_o beseech_v you_o forestall_v either_o your_o affection_n or_o judgement_n as_o if_o i_o have_v hasten_v forward_o the_o sentence_n of_o your_o civil_a banishment_n for_o what_o be_v do_v by_o the_o magistrate_n in_o that_o kind_n be_v neither_o do_v by_o my_o counsel_n nor_o consent_n although_o i_o dare_v not_o deny_v the_o sentence_n pass_v to_o be_v righteous_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n who_o have_v say_v that_o he_o that_o withholdeth_a the_o corn_n which_o be_v the_o staff_n of_o life_n from_o the_o people_n the_o multitude_n shall_v curse_v he_o prov._n 11.26_o how_o much_o more_o shall_v they_o separate_v such_o from_o they_o as_o do_v withhold_v and_o separate_v they_o from_o the_o ordinance_n or_o the_o ordinance_n from_o they_o which_o be_v in_o christ_n the_o bread_n of_o life_n and_o yet_o it_o may_v be_v they_o pass_v that_o sentence_n against_o you_o not_o upon_o that_o ground_n but_o for_o aught_o i_o know_v upon_o your_o other_o corrupt_a doctrine_n which_o tend_v to_o the_o disturbance_n both_o of_o civil_a and_o holy_a peace_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o that_o answer_n which_o be_v send_v to_o the_o brethren_n of_o the_o church_n of_o salem_n and_o to_o yourself_o and_o to_o sp●ake_v free_o what_o i_o think_v be_v in_o soul_n in_o your_o soul_n stead_n i_o shall_v think_v it_o a_o work_n of_o mercy_n of_o god_n to_o banish_v i_o from_o the_o civil_a society_n of_o such_o a_o common_a wealth_n when_o i_o can_v not_o enjoy_v holy_a fellowship_n with_o any_o church_n of_o god_n among_o they_o without_o sin_n what_o shall_v the_o daughter_n of_o zion_n do_v in_o babel_n why_o shall_v she_o not_o hasten_v to_o flee_v from_o thence_o zach._n 2.6_o 7._o i_o speak_v not_o these_o thing_n the_o god_n of_o truth_n be_v my_o witness_n to_o add_v affliction_n to_o your_o affliction_n but_o if_o it_o be_v the_o holy_a will_n of_o god_n to_o move_v you_o to_o a_o more_o serious_a sight_n of_o your_o sin_n and_o of_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n hand_n against_o it_o against_o your_o corrupt_a doctrine_n it_o please_v the_o lord_n jesus_n to_o fight_v against_o you_o with_o the_o sword_n of_o his_o mouth_n as_o himself_o speak_v rev._n 2.16_o in_o the_o mouth_n and_o testimony_n of_o the_o church_n and_o brethren_n against_o who_o when_o you_o overheat_v yourself_o in_o reason_v and_o dispute_v against_o the_o light_n of_o his_o truth_n it_o please_v he_o to_o stop_v your_o mouth_n by_o a_o sudden_a disease_n and_o to_o threaten_v to_o take_v your_o breath_n from_o you_o but_o you_o in_o stead_n of_o recoil_v as_o even_o balaam_n offer_v to_o do_v in_o the_o like_a case_n you_o choose_v rather_o to_o persist_v in_o your_o way_n and_o to_o protest_v against_o all_o the_o church_n and_o brethren_n that_o stand_v in_o your_o way_n and_o thus_o the_o good_a hand_n of_o christ_n that_o shall_v have_v bumble_v you_o to_o see_v and_o turn_v from_o the_o error_n of_o your_o way_n have_v rather_o harden_v you_o therein_o and_o quicken_v you_o only_o to_o see_v fail_n yea_o intolerable_a error_n in_o all_o the_o church_n and_o brethren_n rather_o than_o in_o yourself_o in_o which_o course_n though_o you_o say_v you_o do_v not_o remember_v a_o hour_n wherein_o the_o countenance_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v darken_v to_o you_o yet_o be_v not_o deceive_v it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n with_o satan_n to_o transform_v himself_o into_o a_o angel_n of_o light_n and_o to_o cheer_v the_o soul_n with_o false_a peace_n and_o with_o flash_n of_o counterfeit_a consolation_n sad_n and_o woeful_a be_v the_o memory_n of_o master_n smith_n strong_a consolation_n on_o his_o deathbed_n which_o be_v set_v as_o a_o seal_n to_o the_o gross_a and_o damnable_a arminianism_n and_o enthusiasm_n deliver_v in_o the_o confession_n of_o his_o faith_n prefix_v to_o the_o story_n of_o his_o life_n and_o death_n the_o countenance_n of_o god_n be_v upon_o his_o people_n when_o they_o fear_v he_o not_o when_o they_o presume_v of_o their_o own_o strength_n and_o his_o consolation_n be_v find_v not_o in_o the_o way_n of_o presidence_n in_o error_n but_o in_o the_o way_n of_o humility_n and_o truth_n two_o stumble_a block_n i_o perceive_v by_o your_o letter_n have_v turn_v you_o off_o from_o fellowship_n with_o we_o first_o the_o want_n of_o fit_a matter_n of_o our_o church_n second_o disrespect_n of_o the_o separate_a church_n in_o england_n under_o affliction_n who_o do_v ourselves_o practice_v separation_n in_o peace_n for_o the_o first_o you_o acknowledge_v as_o you_o say_v with_o joy_n that_o godly_a person_n be_v the_o visible_a matter_n of_o these_o church_n but_o yet_o you_o see_v not_o that_o godly_a person_n be_v matter_n fit_v to_o constitute_v a_o church_n no_o more_o than_o tree_n or_o quarry_n be_v fit_a matter_n proportion_v to_o the_o build_n answ_n this_o exception_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n to_o itself_o for_o if_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o church_n be_v as_o you_o say_v godly_a person_n they_o be_v not_o then_o as_o tree_n unfel_v or_o stone_n unhewen_v godliness_n cut_v man_n down_o from_o the_o former_a root_n and_o hew_v they_o out_o of_o the_o pit_n of_o corrupt_a nature_n and_o fit_v they_o for_o fellowship_n with_o christ_n and_o with_o his_o people_n you_o object_n first_o a_o necessity_n lie_v upon_o godly_a man_n before_o they_o can_v be_v fit_a matter_n for_o church_n fellowship_n to_o see_v bewail_v repent_v and_o come_v out_o of_o the_o false_a church_n ministry_n worship_n and_o government_n according_a to_o scripture_n isa_n 52.11_o 2_o cor._n 6.17_o revel_v 18.4_o and_o those_o this_o to_o be_v do_v not_o by_o a_o local_a remoovall_n or_o contrary_a practice_n etc._n etc._n but_o by_o a_o deliverance_n of_o the_o soul_n understanding_n mind_n conscience_n judgement_n will_n and_o affection_n answ_n 1._o we_o grant_v it_o be_v not_o local_a remoovall_n from_o former_a pollution_n or_o contrary_a practice_n that_o fit_v we_o for_o fellowship_n with_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n but_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a also_o that_o we_o do_v repent_v of_o such_o former_a pollution_n wherein_o we_o have_v be_v defile_v and_o enthral_v we_o grant_v further_o that_o it_o be_v likewise_o necessary_a to_o church-fellowship_n we_o shall_v see_v and_o discern_v all_o such_o pollution_n as_o do_v so_o far_o enthrall_v we_o to_o antichrist_n to_o separate_v we_o from_o christ_n but_o this_o we_o profess_v unto_o you_o that_o wherein_o we_o have_v reform_v our_o practice_n therein_o have_v we_o endeavour_v unfeigned_o to_o humble_v our_o soul_n for_o our_o former_a contrary_n walk_v if_o any_o through_o hypocrisy_n be_v want_v herein_o the_o hide_a hypocrisy_n of_o some_o will_v not_o prejudice_v the_o sincerity_n and_o faithfulness_n of_o other_o not_o the_o church_n estate_n of_o all_o and_o that_o we_o do_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n see_v and_o discern_v all_o such_o pollution_n as_o do_v so_o far_o enthrall_v we_o to_o antichrist_n as_o to_o separate_v we_o from_o christ_n yourself_o do_v acknowledge_v in_o acknowledge_v the_o visible_a member_n of_o these_o church_n to_o be_v godly_a person_n for_o godly_a person_n be_v not_o so_o enthrall_v to_o antichrist_n as_o to_o separate_v they_o from_o christ_n else_o they_o can_v not_o be_v godly_a person_n answ_n 2._o we_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o church-fellowship_n to_o wit_n so_o necessary_a as_o that_o without_o it_o a_o

willing_a in_o true_a meekness_n of_o spirit_n to_o receive_v satisfaction_n the_o body_n of_o the_o member_n who_o we_o receive_v do_v in_o general_n profess_v the_o reason_n of_o their_o come_n over_o to_o we_o be_v that_o they_o may_v be_v free_v from_o the_o bondage_n of_o such_o humane_a invention_n and_o ordinance_n as_o their_o soul_n groan_v under_o for_o which_o also_o they_o profess_v their_o hearty_a sorrow_n so_o far_o as_o through_o ignorance_n or_o infirmity_n they_o have_v be_v defile_v beside_o in_o our_o daily_a meeting_n and_o especial_o in_o time_n of_o our_o solemn_a humiliation_n we_o general_o all_o of_o we_o bewail_v all_o our_o former_a pollution_n wherewith_o we_o have_v defile_v ourselves_o and_o the_o holy_a thing_n of_o god_n in_o our_o former_a administration_n and_o communion_n but_o we_o rather_o choose_v to_o do_v it_o than_o to_o talk_v of_o it_o and_o we_o can_v but_o wonder_v how_o you_o can_v so_o bold_o and_o resolute_o renounce_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n for_o neglect_v of_o that_o which_o you_o know_v not_o whether_o they_o have_v neglect_v or_o no_o and_o before_o you_o have_v admonish_v we_o of_o our_o sinfulness_n in_o such_o neglect_n if_o it_o be_v find_v among_o we_o object_n 3._o your_o three_o objection_n be_v take_v from_o hag._n 2.13_o 14_o 15._o a_o place_n which_o you_o desire_v may_v be_v thorough_o weigh_v and_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v hold_v the_o scale_n himself_o the_o prophet_n there_o tell_v the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o if_o a_o person_n unclean_a by_o a_o dead_a body_n touch_v holy_a thing_n those_o holy_a thing_n become_v unclean_a unto_o he_o and_o so_o say_v he_o be_v this_o nation_n and_o so_o be_v every_o work_n of_o their_o hand_n and_o that_o which_o they_o offer_v there_o be_v unclean_a and_o this_o as_o you_o conceive_v argue_v that_o even_a church_n covenant_n make_v and_o ordinance_n practise_v by_o person_n pollute_v through_o spiritual_a deadness_n and_o filthiness_n of_o communion_n they_o become_v unclean_a unto_o they_o and_o be_v profane_v by_o they_o answ_n now_o sure_o if_o yourself_o have_v hearken_v to_o your_o own_o desire_n and_o have_v thorough_o weigh_v the_o scripture_n and_o have_v suffer_v the_o lord_n to_o have_v hold_v the_o scale_n himself_o you_o will_v never_o have_v allege_v this_o place_n to_o your_o purpose_n your_o purpose_n be_v to_o prove_v that_o church_n can_v be_v constitute_v by_o such_o person_n as_o be_v unclean_a by_o antichristian_a pollution_n or_o if_o they_o be_v so_o constitute_v they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v communicate_v with_o but_o separate_v from_o to_o prove_v this_o you_o allege_v this_o place_n when_o the_o prophet_n acknowledge_v the_o whole_a church_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o be_v unclean_a and_o yet_o neither_o deny_v they_o to_o be_v a_o church_n true_o constitute_v nor_o stir_v up_o himself_o or_o other_o to_o separate_v from_o they_o if_o you_o say_v why_o but_o they_o be_v unclean_a i_o answer_v be_v it_o so_o but_o be_v they_o therefore_o no_o church_n true_o constitute_v or_o to_o be_v separate_v from_o yea_o do_v not_o haggai_n and_o zachary_n themselves_o communicate_v with_o they_o and_o call_v other_o also_o to_o come_v out_o of_o babel_n to_o communicate_v with_o they_o even_o while_o joshua_n the_o high_a priest_n be_v still_o pollute_v with_o his_o unclean_a garment_n zac._n 2.6_o 7._o with_o 6.3.8.3_o but_o if_o indeed_o you_o desire_v to_o know_v what_o upon_o due_a weigh_v of_o the_o place_n i_o conceive_v to_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o it_o you_o shall_v find_v it_o to_o be_v this_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o word_n arise_v from_o a_o worldly_a distemper_n which_o the_o time_n grow_v upon_o all_o sort_n of_o the_o member_n of_o that_o church_n who_o be_v so_o far_o carry_v away_o with_o care_n of_o their_o own_o outward_a accommodation_n that_o while_o every_o man_n look_v to_o his_o own_o house_n and_o the_o seiling_n of_o it_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o build_n thereof_o be_v general_o neglect_v of_o they_o all_o prince_z priest_n and_o people_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o god_n neither_o delight_v in_o their_o spiritual_a service_n nor_o in_o their_o bodily_a labour_n but_o leave_v they_o without_o a_o blessing_n in_o both_o hagg._n 1.6_o to_o 11._o now_o to_o clear_v the_o justice_n of_o god_n proceed_v against_o they_o in_o that_o case_n he_o allege_v a_o secondable_a law_n for_o it_o out_o of_o moses_n the_o former_a be_v write_v in_o levit._n 6.27_o where_o the_o law_n say_v that_o a_o garment_n touch_v any_o holy_a flesh_n of_o the_o sin_n offering_n shall_v be_v holy_a but_o if_o the_o garment_n which_o touch_v holy_a flesh_n shall_v touch_v other_o thing_n as_o the_o person_n that_o wear_v it_o or_o any_o pottage_n or_o bread_n or_o wine_n or_o any_o touch_n of_o other_o common_a thing_n the_o thing_n touch_v be_v not_o thereby_o hallow_v by_o the_o touch_n of_o such_o a_o garment_n again_o there_o be_v another_o law_n that_o whosoever_o touch_v any_o unclean_a body_n shall_v be_v unclean_a seven_o day_n and_o if_o in_o that_o time_n he_o touch_v the_o tabernacle_n or_o the_o holy_a thing_n thereof_o they_o shall_v be_v unclean_a numb_a 19.13_o now_o to_o apply_v these_o law_n to_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o prophet_n the_o touch_n of_o a_o dead_a body_n do_v type_n out_o either_o fellowship_n with_o dead_a work_n as_o ephes_n 5.11_o or_o dead_a person_n 2_o cor._n 6.14_o 15_o 16_o 17._o or_o dead_a world_n gal._n 6.14_o but_o of_o these_o three_o it_o be_v the_o dead_a world_n wherewith_o priest_n and_o prince_n and_o all_o the_o people_n be_v at_o that_o time_n general_o defile_v in_o that_o they_o take_v more_o care_n and_o pain_n for_o worldly_a convenience_n then_o for_o the_o lord_n holy_a ordinance_n whereupon_o according_a to_o the_o answer_n of_o the_o priest_n agreeable_a to_o the_o law_n the_o prophet_n pronounce_v they_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n all_o to_o be_v unclean_a from_o both_o these_o law_n and_o the_o interpretation_n of_o they_o by_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o application_n of_o they_o by_o the_o prophet_n it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o these_o people_n and_o both_o unclean_a some_o that_o do_v not_o touch_v the_o holy_a flesh_n or_o offering_n but_o on_o the_o outside_n of_o their_o garment_n only_o to_o wit_n in_o bodily_a presence_n and_o the_o body_n be_v but_o the_o garment_n of_o the_o soul_n 1_o cor._n 5.4_o and_o such_o be_v all_o the_o hypocrite_n among_o they_o other_o be_v sincere_a as_o worship_v god_n in_o firm_a truth_n as_o zorobabell_a jehoshua_n and_o many_o more_o but_o yet_o now_o defile_v with_o touch_v a_o dead_a body_n that_o be_v with_o lay_v hold_n on_o a_o dead_a world_n their_o worldly_a accommodation_n which_o make_v their_o heart_n and_o hand_n slow_a or_o dead_a to_o set_v forward_o the_o temple_n work_n and_o in_o this_o condition_n both_o sort_n their_o person_n their_o oblation_n their_o bodily_a labour_n be_v all_o unclean_a and_o find_v neither_o acceptance_n nor_o blessing_n from_o the_o lord_n till_o the_o lord_n stir_v up_o the_o spirit_n of_o they_o all_o to_o address_v themselves_o more_o serious_o to_o the_o temple_n work_n hag._n 1.12_o 13_o 14._o this_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o true_a and_o genuine_a meaning_n of_o the_o place_n which_o if_o you_o apply_v to_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n will_v reach_v nothing_o near_o to_o your_o purpose_n hypocrite_n in_o the_o church_n and_o godly_a christian_n themselves_o whilst_o they_o attend_v to_o the_o world_n more_o than_o to_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n their_o person_n their_o labour_n their_o civil_a oblation_n be_v all_o unclean_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n therefore_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n can_v be_v constitute_v of_o such_o or_o if_o it_o do_v consist_v of_o such_o the_o people_n of_o god_n must_v separate_v from_o they_o you_o may_v well_o have_v gather_v therefore_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o member_n thereof_o must_v separate_v themselves_o from_o their_o hypocrisy_n and_o inordinate_a love_n of_o this_o world_n or_o else_o they_o and_o their_o duty_n will_v still_o be_v unclean_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n notwithstanding_o their_o church_n estate_n this_o collection_n tend_v to_o edification_n the_o other_o to_o dissipation_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o they_o that_o wrest_v blood_n in_o stead_n of_o milk_n from_o the_o breast_n of_o holy_a scripture_n the_o second_o stumble_v block_n or_o offence_n which_o you_o take_v at_o the_o way_n of_o these_o church_n be_v that_o you_o conceive_v we_o to_o walk_v betwixt_o christ_n and_o antichrist_n first_o in_o practise_v separation_n here_o and_o not_o repent_v of_o our_o preach_n and_o print_v against_o it_o in_o our_o own_o country_n second_o in_o reproach_v